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Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) July 24, 2013 -- After almost ten years, Wicked remains on one wicked run. Already a three-time Tony Award and Grammy winner, it now has four productions playing to capacity around the country and across the pond.
Officially known as Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz, the play’s original Broadway production has become a fixture at the Gershwin Theatre, where it premiered in October of 2003. Plus, it consistently remains at over 100 percent capacity, as per official box office data provided by entertainment-link.com.
Across the Atlantic, the London production continues to be extended by popular demand at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it opened in September of 2006.
Currently, two North American traveling productions are running. One is now appearing at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Penn. where it wraps on August 4 and treks north to open at the Boston Opera House in Boston, Mass. on August 7.
A second production company is performing at Sarofim Hall in Houston, Texas until August 11. The cast then travels to open at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, Ohio on August 13.
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Wicked has enjoyed steady success since its debut. It currently holds the weekly-gross-takings records in Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, and London. It is also estimated that over 30 million people worldwide have seen Wicked, and that the musical’s productions have cumulatively grossed over $2.5 billion in receipts. (Source: wikipedia.org)
The original Broadway production opened in 2003 and has broken the house record at the Gershwin Theatre over 20 times. It regularly plays to over 100 percent capacity and grosses in excess of $1.6 million each week, making it one of the most successful plays on Broadway. Plus, Wicked is only the third musical in Broadway history to exceed $500 million in total gross. (Source: wikipedia.org)
At the same time, the two North American traveling productions have had sold out runs in Charlotte, Tucson, Rochester, Dallas, Kalamazoo, South Bend, New Orleans, Columbus, Madison and Milwaukee this year.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, the original Broadway production was directed by Joe Mantello and choreographed by Wayne Cilento. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire’s book called Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West – a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum’s classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
It tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North). The two struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard’s corrupt government, and finally, Elphaba's fall from grace.
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